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AMD's 64-bit Plot

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the how-many-acres-to-the-bit dept.

ceebABC writes "In a long interview with eWEEK, AMD's CEO Hector de Ruiz talks about struggling to compete with Intel, but more importantly about their upcoming 64-bit processors. He says that AMD's 64-bit chips will be comparatively priced to the 32-bit ones, and backwards compatible. He also thinks there will be a market for desktop 64-bit systems. Skip to the last page for the most interesting stuff."

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  1. Re:Hmm by nmaeone · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well, 64 bits made Mario come to life. Maybe Micro$oft will make a fully 3-D rendered MSN Butterfly to help you with your daily tasks?

  2. Re:Wow by scotch · · Score: 4, Funny
    Grandma and grampa checking their email won't need something that fast ....

    Grandma and grandpa could check their email on a 16-bit computer. Don't forget grandpa's geri-porn, you need some horsepower for that.

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  3. Re:Bug deal by dubbreak · · Score: 2, Funny

    from previous: "What about the Commodore 64? And when whas this? 1992? Sheez." ah commodore 64 = 64kb ram, not a 64bit processor.. oh that was a joke, i get it haha! To my knowledge the processor was an 8 bit.. bit of a difference.. oh hahaha pun pun joke joke..

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  4. AMD is puny by Ed+Avis · · Score: 5, Funny
    From the interview:
    We really can't control whether we'll go to war with Iraq, and all that sort of thing.
    And that, my friends, is the difference between AMD and Intel.
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  5. Re:Big deal. by rock_climbing_guy · · Score: 2, Funny

    no, the Commodore 64 was 64 bi^h^hkilobytes of RAM. hey, imagine a beowulf cluster of those.

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  6. "comparatively priced"? by SkulkCU · · Score: 3, Funny


    AMD's 64-bit chips will be comparatively priced to the 32-bit ones

    So, they're going to be twice as much?

    heh.

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  7. Re:Just to remind people why more bits is good.. by Rob.Mathers · · Score: 5, Funny

    "2^64 is certainly enough for at least a hundred years"

    Famous last words?

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  8. Re:Over 10 years after DEC introduced Alpha .... by gordon_schumway · · Score: 4, Funny

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    CART MASTER: I can't.
    CUSTOMER: Well, can you hang around a couple of minutes? He won't be long.
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    CUSTOMER: Well, when's your next round?
    CART MASTER: Thursday.
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  9. Re:Just to remind people why more bits is good.. by lucifuge31337 · · Score: 2, Funny

    2^64 is certainly enough for at least a hundred years:)

    "I think there is a world market for maybe five computers."
    - Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM, 1943

    "I have travelled the length and breadth of this country and talked with the best people, and I can assure you that data processings is a fad that won't last out the year."
    - The editor in charge of business books for Prentice-Hall, 1957

    "But what...is it good for?"
    - Engineer at the Advanced Computing Systems Division of IBM, 1968, commenting on the microchip

    "There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home."
    - Ken Olson, president, chairman and founder of DEC

    Come on....you HAD to know that was coming.

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  10. Re:What desktop users want to know.. by Dave_bsr · · Score: 3, Funny

    Athlon 1600, newegg.com, $56
    ECS K7S5A mobo, newegg.com, $54
    512MB of kingston PC133 memory, newegg.com, $50
    Maxtor 80GB HD, newegg.com, $110
    Liteon 48-24-48 CDRW, newegg.com, $50
    Chieftec 450W Tower, newegg.com, $55
    SB Augigy+firewire, newegg.com, $60
    floppy, NIC, etc, newegg.com, $30
    Shipping, Fedex + newegg.com, $50 (approx)


    Building a sweet, powerful, linux-ready system for ~$515?
    Priceless.

    ps- If my math is off by a bit, sorry. And I never checked shipping, but newegg's is cheap. And, does anybody know about Turtle Beach Santa Cruz support under linux? Experience?

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  11. Re:Big deal. by joto · · Score: 3, Funny
    isnt it time we dumped the whole SISC architecture? like the ISA standard

    As for as I know, the SISC (single instruction set computing), typically embodied by the instruction SBN (subtract and branch if negative) is only used as a joke, in the same manner as Intercal and Malbolge.

    Oh, you probably meant CISC, never mind...